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27 July 2021

Cats. Always cats. I kept hearing an odd peeping noise whenever I went outside today.[More:] It sounded like a small bird but all the nesting birds' young seem to be fledged now.

Just a little while ago I put out the garbage cart and heard it again. Then I saw a kitten trying to climb our boundary wall. It dropped and skittered away so I went in and got some jack mackerel.

I couldn't see it anywhere but when I set the trap it took less than two minutes before I heard it snap shut.

Cats always find me. I think I may smell like stinky fish.
Brought the trap in. Casper is comfortably nose to nose with Buttons, my wife immediately named him/her Buttons, Possum went into hiding under the futon, and Nora Lou is very s l o w l y walking like she is afraid of setting off a bomb.
posted by arse_hat 27 July | 22:35
Buttons is now in the isolation room with a bed, food, water, and a poop box. Little cat is full of mud and dirt and I was going to try to clean him up a bit but Buttons seems to be made of fluff and murder.

Off to bed now. See what the morning brings. (Possum is sitting at the bottom of the stairs looking up in a worried fashion. 'what if it kills us while we sleep?')
posted by arse_hat 27 July | 23:56
They know.
posted by Senyar 28 July | 13:57
So next day and Buttons is still dirty and fast and wants nothing to do with people. He is eating and drink and pooping and peeing so that's good.

Nora is bitchy and Possum is still fearful and Casper is doing fine.

Will try to get a picture.
posted by arse_hat 28 July | 14:40
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Buttons hiding in the back of a carrier.

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Nora, Casper, and Possum, having a think about it all.
posted by arse_hat 28 July | 17:24
Awww, I'm sure he'll come round eventually. He's very young and so I hope will acclimatise to a loving home.
posted by Senyar 29 July | 15:37
Y'all have the magic. Cats know this.
posted by mightshould 29 July | 20:34
And thanks for the great pics and captions.
posted by mightshould 29 July | 20:35
And thanks for the great pics and captions.
posted by mightshould 30 July | 18:35
So Buttons should be in a new home soon. We talked about keeping him but it did not seem fair to Casper.

He came to us just before Whitey Ford died and for a few months he was an only cat. He is a cat who needs a best human buddy. That is me.

Then came Nora Lou Who and she was a privileged little shit. He had to teach her that she does not run the world.

Then came Possum who is a little ball of perpetual energy. Casper had to teach him to chill a bit.

Casper has really become a good big brother. He is one of the happiest cats but he is also very serious and the kitten made him worried. He definitely felt he had some responsibility to take this on. I didn't feel right with that.

Casper has done a lot to make things work with three cats and I didn't want him to have to deal with a kitten growing into a cat.

We had Buttons fixed and after a short isolation at a shelter he will be put up for adoption. As a kitten with no issues he should find a home quickly.
posted by arse_hat 12 August | 14:19
Thanks for the update.....he is cute as a button, and will happily go on to enjoy other households!
posted by mightshould 13 August | 12:15
Ah, Casper sounds like a mensch. I know Rudi would never tolerate another cat coming into the home. Hell, he barely tolerates me.
posted by Senyar 13 August | 17:25
Yeah, Casper was a dick out on the streets. He kept challenging other cats and getting into fights. That's why we took him in. He was just not able to live out there without be injured all the time. But he has done a great job of being the moderating influence here.
posted by arse_hat 13 August | 20:03
Maybe Casper is so content now that he's willing to share.
posted by mightshould 14 August | 12:48
Lovely.
posted by Miko 18 August | 22:15
Anyone else struggling with health issues? || Dusty Hill, ZZ Top Bassis and vocalist, hass passed on.

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